Job Summary

Do you love PBS Kids? Do you enjoy engaging with children and families? Are you a self-starter who can effectively work from your home office and drive results? If so, keep reading!
Market Enginuity is seeking a determined and persuasive sales professional to support our PBS KIDS corporate sponsorship sales efforts representing WHYY-TV, Philadelphia's PBS station. In this outside sales, work-from-home role, you'll be responsible for securing corporate sponsorship for broadcast sponsorship messages and events, all related to PBS KIDS. You'll develop new business by prospecting for new Sponsors and following a consultative sales approach, serving as a liaison between corporate sponsors and multiple departments at WHYY-TV.

About WHYY:
WHYY is the leading public media organization in the Philadelphia region - including Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and beyond - accessed by television, radio, in the community and online. Deeply committed to the needs of young people, many people's first experience with WHYY is watching the award-winning PBS KIDS television programs as children.

Job Responsibilities:

Corporate Sponsorship Sales - 80%
Daily life for an account executive in public television is similar to that of a salesperson in commercial broadcast or local print media.
o Call on decision makers at local and regional businesses to secure a meeting and understand their marketing needs
o Develop proposals that offer marketing solutions to grow client's business via WHYY KIDS programming and engagement
o Be accountable for the full sales cycle: prospecting, proposal writing, closing, copywriting, troubleshooting issues and providing white-glove customer service to build long-term relationships
Events Coordination - 20%
o Serve as a liaison between cross-functional departments within WHYY-TV
o Identify opportunities for sponsors at KIDS events
o Coordinate event details with internal cross-functional teams and sponsors
o Act as representative / advocate for the sponsor with internal teams
o Ensure all contractual obligations are met
o Attend events to execute on-site activation and deliverables


At Market Enginuity, We Do Work That Matters:
Market Enginuity fuels mission-driven, educational and inspiring independent media to benefit stations, producers, sponsors and audiences.
Our affinity with public media began personally as viewers, listeners and donors to our hometown stations. For almost two decades, we've increased our contributions, building the largest team in the country that specializes in corporate sponsorship sales. The passion is still personal and carried by more than 150 people ingrained in the communities where we live and work. Market Enginuity attracts the best people who together create the standard of excellence for corporate support in public media in nearly 20 markets across the country.

Market Enginuity Offers:
Market competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits package designed to protect you and your family: medical, dental, vision, tax-favored spending accounts, disability and life plans, employee assistance program and retirement savings 401(k) plan
Opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits with PTO and holidays
Smart, creative and collaborative colleagues
Core values that serve as the foundation of our culture and are infused into the way we work
Equal Opportunity Employer.



Key Qualities and Skills You Possess:
At least 3 years of sales experience; media experience preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
o Ability to write and present in a professional and motivating manner
o Ability to be persuasive and speak with conviction regarding the station's unique value proposition
Project management skills: time management, prioritization and goal attainment
Self-management
A fundamental belief in and ability to deliver stellar customer service
Demonstrated detail orientation and organizational skills
Strong computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Ability and willingness to work weekend hours periodically




Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/3bsjzf38bg9wmd3t


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